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Special Marine Warning 22, NWS Mobile, AL

June 14, 2002

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Jun 14, 2002, 3:45 PM CDT. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2002, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2002, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special marine warning went out at Jun 14, 2:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 10:45 AM CDT, 5 hours before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1045 AM CDT FRI JUN 14 2002

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA AND PROVIDE THE
SPARK FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON.  ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...A
FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 55 MPH...
SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD AVERAGE AROUND ONE-QUARTER INCH OR LESS.
HOWEVER...SOME ISOLATED SPOTS COULD RECEIVE 1 TO 3 INCHES UNDER THE
SLOWER MOVING STRONGER STORMS.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL LIKELY BE
FOCUSED ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-65 CORRIDOR...MAINLY DURING THE MID
TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.

THE COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO PUSH OFF THE COAST BY MID EVENING...WITH DRIER AND COOLER
CONDITIONS BECOMING ESTABLISHED OVER THE AREA IN ITS WAKE.

THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE
BEACHES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
THIS AFTERNOON.  BEACH GOERS SHOULD HEED THE ADVICE OF LOCAL BEACH
OFFICIALS AND AVOID AREAS WHERE RED FLAGS ARE POSTED.  BE SAFE AND
SWIM WHERE TRAINED LIFEGUARDS ARE ON DUTY.

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTER OFFICIALS IN
SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH
TONIGHT.

A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS OUTLOOK IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MOB.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 1:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOB35 min
Jun 14, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOB44 min
Jun 14, 2:05 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB55 min
Jun 14, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOB43 min
Jun 14, 3:04 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB56 min
Jun 14, 5:35 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB115 min
Jun 14, 6:28 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB62 min
Jun 14, 6:28 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB62 min

Nearby

Special Marine Warnings in Alabama, 2002Every special marine warning in 2002

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.